Support for boarding and allied health professionals
Boarding schools
Boarding staff carry a lot. You’re often part mentor, part rule-keeper and part parent, caring for young people who are a long way from home. I’ve worked in a boarding house, so I understand that environment from the inside.
Here’s how I can help:
Speech and language assessment
Language or communication differences often sit underneath what looks like a behaviour, learning or social difficulty. Assessment can help you understand a student and put the right supports in place at school and in the boarding house.
Staff consultation and reflective practice
When a student is struggling, it helps to think it through with someone outside the situation. I work with boarding staff to understand what’s happening for a young person and the relationships around them, respond differently, and feel steadier doing it.
Professional development and learning
These are structured conversations for boarding staff on topics like understanding adolescent development, working well together as a team, having hard conversations and trauma-informed care. Sessions can be tailored to your school’s needs.
Supervision for allied health professionals
You’re good at your work. But leading a team, handling tricky dynamics and making sense of how your workplace really runs or managing clinical complexity? That’s a skill set most of us were never taught.
I bring a relational lens to supervision, so we can look at what’s happening around you as well as what’s happening for you. It’s a reflective space for people who support others and are finding the messy parts of professional life hard to navigate.
You might reach out if you want:
A space to think through complex clients
Support working with clients who have mental health difficulties (particularly if you’re a speech pathologist wanting more confidence in this area)
Help stepping into leadership
A place to make sense of workplace dynamics that feel tricky
Reach out and we’ll think together about what might be helpful right now. Individual supervision, online or in person.